MEDIA RELEASE

Big Island Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying individuals responsible for stealing four vehicles from a business in the Shipman Industrial Park in Puna sometime between Thursday afternoon and Friday morning (August 24-25, 2006).

Police received a 6 a.m. report that the vehicles were taken sometime after the last employee left at 6:20 p.m. Thursday.

Police ask anyone with information about the location of the vehicles or the identity of the individuals who stole them to call the Keaau police station at 966-5835 or the police non-emergency number at 935-3311.

Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at 961-8300 in East Hawaii or 329-8181 in West Hawaii. Calls to Crime Stoppers are kept confidential.